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This week I had the remarkable privilege of getting to have a Skype chat with Frank Klepacki for almost an hour. Frank is the legendary composer behind the games of Westwood Studios and Petroglyph, including Dune, Blade Runner, Empire at War, and of course, Command & Conquer!

We talk about his career, other musical interests, his favourite projects, current work, and we peek behind the curtain into how some of the Command & Conquer songs and sound effects came to be.

I apologise for some of the audio quality as the connection went iffy once or twice.

A timeline of the conversation's questions are listed below in case you don't want to watch the full interview.

You can check out Frank's awesome music on his site www.frankklepacki.com where you can stream or buy dozens of his albums and soundtracks. I highly recommend that you do ('Just Do It Up' has been stuck in my head for two weeks now).

Interview Timeline references

00.21 - When did you first start playing music? What was your instrument?

01.49 - [Starting at Westwood Studios]

03.34 - Have you any advice for people on getting into the industry?

06.56 - You voiced the Commando in the first Command & Conquer. What else have you done?